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what we have had i think is a kind of this year economies essentially the american and the british economy in particular have them treated like a laboratory in which these theories have been tested. so, we have 100 years of data. 30 or 40 years we have equalization. we have had 30 years that we've had the opposite. so we can look at the impact of the two period on the economic performance. and the evidence is is the latter model capitalism that has been less successful on every major indicator of economic performance compared with a post war era so we have had slower growth since the 1980's and lower productivity and lower levels of business investment and we have had high levels of unemployment than the relative stability that we had in the 1950's and 60's. so come on a cost-benefit analysis, you know, the period of the unequal capitalism has basically coming you know, is the need a failure. so the experiment has not worked. >> host: who pushed the experiment in the two countries? >> guest: the experiment -- the idea that you should have free markets and less state regulation and as a par
what we have had i think is a kind of this year economies essentially the american and the british economy in particular have them treated like a laboratory in which these theories have been tested. so, we have 100 years of data. 30 or 40 years we have equalization. we have had 30 years that we've had the opposite. so we can look at the impact of the two period on the economic performance. and the evidence is is the latter model capitalism that has been less successful on every major indicator...
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but there are deep problems in china's economy. [speaking mandarin chinese] >> translator: because such growth, really is mainly from government investment. [speaking mandarin chinese] >> translator: the manufacturing sector has surpluses and more, much more than the demand from the market. and a lot of missionaries and equipment are lying in their idle. [speaking mandarin chinese] >> translator: and they are having a lot of products stored away and cannot be sold. [speaking mandarin chinese] >> translator: so but the thing is such idle not used equipment, missionary, and those goods, those products, which have not been sold and sitting in a warehouses they are also including in the gdp. [speaking mandarin chinese] >> translator: and this is the result of government investments. wouldn't be like -- if the investments are mainly from individuals. from people. [speaking mandarin chinese] >> translator: so the government has been doing what they have been doing instead of raising the standards of science and technology. [speaking mand
but there are deep problems in china's economy. [speaking mandarin chinese] >> translator: because such growth, really is mainly from government investment. [speaking mandarin chinese] >> translator: the manufacturing sector has surpluses and more, much more than the demand from the market. and a lot of missionaries and equipment are lying in their idle. [speaking mandarin chinese] >> translator: and they are having a lot of products stored away and cannot be sold. [speaking...
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and fixing broken politics and fragile economy. and a former reporter for reuters in moscow investigate russian president vladimir putin's rise to power and his impact on russia's political system in fragile empire:how russia fell in and out of love with vladimir putin. rewired digital cosmopolitan in the age of connection, media scholar even zuckerman argues the internet is creating a social disconnect and offers solutions to create more connected global community. look for these titles in bookstores this coming week and watch for the authors in the near future on booktv and on booktv.org. >> what are you reading this summer? booktv wants to know. >> i have a lot of history and biography that i am reading. book i am reading currently and half way through is called indispensable:it is a book by a harvard professor, it is an excellent book, basically has this leadership filtration theory where there are filters, well-known politicians who show up in the ranks and others who are obscure and come for through the are unpredictable as a
and fixing broken politics and fragile economy. and a former reporter for reuters in moscow investigate russian president vladimir putin's rise to power and his impact on russia's political system in fragile empire:how russia fell in and out of love with vladimir putin. rewired digital cosmopolitan in the age of connection, media scholar even zuckerman argues the internet is creating a social disconnect and offers solutions to create more connected global community. look for these titles in...
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actually, it is what i call power market economy. [speaking chinese] >> translator: power, the power. those who are in power controls the market. [speaking chinese] >> translator: and those who are in power is directly involved in buying and selling of the group's. [speaking chinese] >> translator: a lot of money, it changes hands. [speaking chinese] >> translator: every county government is a company. [speaking chinese] >> translator: every provincial government is an enterprise, huge enterprise. so that's why they are increasing the scalat's why thee increasing the scale. [speaking chinese] >> translator: and the government can get cheap loans from the banks, and chinese don't have social security. very low welfare. so the chinese, they keep putting money int in the bank. they keep increasing their savings. and the government can use the people's savings. we're talking about thousands of yen, peoples savings and the government uses it at its own free will. [speaking chinese] >> translator: for example, the ministry of rail, railway
actually, it is what i call power market economy. [speaking chinese] >> translator: power, the power. those who are in power controls the market. [speaking chinese] >> translator: and those who are in power is directly involved in buying and selling of the group's. [speaking chinese] >> translator: a lot of money, it changes hands. [speaking chinese] >> translator: every county government is a company. [speaking chinese] >> translator: every provincial government...
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very, i feel, on the debate about how we fix the relationship between the financial system and the economy did it exist to support. this is at the center of "masters of nothing," the book we're launching this week. because throughout her life, lady bacher passionately believe capitalism was not only the effect this form of economic organization ever invented, but also the most moral. today, the first of those points is almost undisputed and we should all be grateful to the market liberals of west and east, who in free the peoples of the former communist bloc restocked in turkey so liberated billions in china and india and indonesia in beyond, from grinding poverty and prove once and for all that free markets are the greatest source of prosperity ever known to man. but the free market is a world force of good is less well understood and its moral authority hinges on two crucial factors. first, free-market airfare because we were disproportionate to effort. when markets work, those who prosper and work hard and risk their capital to succeed in making other people's lives, their customers liv
very, i feel, on the debate about how we fix the relationship between the financial system and the economy did it exist to support. this is at the center of "masters of nothing," the book we're launching this week. because throughout her life, lady bacher passionately believe capitalism was not only the effect this form of economic organization ever invented, but also the most moral. today, the first of those points is almost undisputed and we should all be grateful to the market...
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not have its right place in the economy. so i think that a lot of things are wrong with this. there's a lot of nonsense as well. >> historically has banking never been rightly position in our economy? >> you know, this inefficiency of banking is, i think, i think it is basically fundamental. sometimes people say, oh, banking is nothing new, something like that. and you can understand not as you try to give a flavor for why that is. but it does not follow how efficient it is. because really what happens, you start with the positives. the positives are like a roadster sure, like infrastructure. so that is how it started. we are were giving the money to the banker. in the banker, there is not a suitcase that you need. we depositors when the bank's money. so obviously for not going on, bankers have this money. there are also people needing loans, so they thought, okay, let's invest some money. and the question is when they make loans or whatever it is that they do with the money, risk is taken. all kinds of risk. what could go w
not have its right place in the economy. so i think that a lot of things are wrong with this. there's a lot of nonsense as well. >> historically has banking never been rightly position in our economy? >> you know, this inefficiency of banking is, i think, i think it is basically fundamental. sometimes people say, oh, banking is nothing new, something like that. and you can understand not as you try to give a flavor for why that is. but it does not follow how efficient it is. because...
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of course, in south africa, like so many other countries has been hit by the globalization of their economy and so it's led to, as it has here, this incredible divide between those who have and those who don't, and those who don't tend to be the young people, and john is this young boy who when you meet him is essentially homeless. >> yeah. he's living on the street, sleeping in an alley when i first meet him, having run away from a township nope as atlantis, not the mere rack cue louse place, but a real place part of the formal process of appartide, removing people, eliminating the black spots from places like cape town, and people were pushed out, in this case, about 40 miles away from cape town, concentrated in areas where there was no industry and the rest of it, so we understand what it looks like, and the separation was imposed by law, and as a result, the drug economy, which john came up in his step dad was a big dealer, and he ran to the streets, so he becomes, in a way, the story intended to explain to people why south africa's still such a violence place, and what it is the logic
of course, in south africa, like so many other countries has been hit by the globalization of their economy and so it's led to, as it has here, this incredible divide between those who have and those who don't, and those who don't tend to be the young people, and john is this young boy who when you meet him is essentially homeless. >> yeah. he's living on the street, sleeping in an alley when i first meet him, having run away from a township nope as atlantis, not the mere rack cue louse...
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so we were number one anymore, blue number three against pretty dynamic economies. over the last 13 years, with now dropped down to number 18. when people ask what is wrong with the economy, why do we have such high unemployment? y has disposable income per capita basis, why is that decline in house over the last 10 years? the answer is right there. we are less free today than we were 13 years ago. as are economic freedom declines, government regulation increase, taxes increased, the engine that is the basis for our prosperity, which is business is lessened and prosperity is therefore declining as well. as economic freedom does not come so does prosperity. so if the business people are willing to speak up for free enterprise capitalism, we can expect economic freedom to continue to lesson in american press verity will continue to lesson as well. we are far from a free enterprise capitalist system anymore. we are moved towards a crony capitalistic system, where we've got a government and big business often times colluding with each other. the great example is the fis
so we were number one anymore, blue number three against pretty dynamic economies. over the last 13 years, with now dropped down to number 18. when people ask what is wrong with the economy, why do we have such high unemployment? y has disposable income per capita basis, why is that decline in house over the last 10 years? the answer is right there. we are less free today than we were 13 years ago. as are economic freedom declines, government regulation increase, taxes increased, the engine...
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he saw that germany and italy, the economies were booming and it was during the depression. of course one of the reasons we were doing that is because they were back to the war. and he became very impressed with hitler and mao sweeney and he began going back home and talking up hitler and rossellini and eventually, that led to his downfall. among the southern states and southern democrats, there was very little isolation. it was mainly among midwestern republicans. but in some other areas, there was very strong support for it. eventually they forced the democratic party to have him retire. they could not put up with his pro-not see views. people can say what they want. he was a world war i hero. he was a very bright guy. he sort of had to be in this period. he is remembered today mainly through watergate and being a conservative democrat, to lead the investigation, it was part of this. and he also stood up to the individual that was leading the witchhunt. he spent most of his life as a judge. everyone was afraid of him. saying that if he defended this, you you said that he w
he saw that germany and italy, the economies were booming and it was during the depression. of course one of the reasons we were doing that is because they were back to the war. and he became very impressed with hitler and mao sweeney and he began going back home and talking up hitler and rossellini and eventually, that led to his downfall. among the southern states and southern democrats, there was very little isolation. it was mainly among midwestern republicans. but in some other areas,...
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there jobs, the economy, deficits, health care, the kids' schools, etc. and i am not saying these other issues are not important. and to saying, these are way down on a list of priorities. that is the subject of my second book. it is not the subject in this one. perris of political class, and these things with politics, particularly not higher up. >> host: why is that? >> guest: these things are very important to the political class. we have a democratic party that has been described as liberal. they're is a certain element to that. the republicans, for their part, have some religious right. they come in fact, these issues are of deep concern to them. and yet not so much for the average american. there has been a pull for years and years asking about the most important issues facing there public. very few are seen where it gay-rights was one that included toward reform. most appear -- most have no idea what tort reform is. usually -- i mean, especially in an area like this if you tell people, the polls say that americans don't really care all that much ab
there jobs, the economy, deficits, health care, the kids' schools, etc. and i am not saying these other issues are not important. and to saying, these are way down on a list of priorities. that is the subject of my second book. it is not the subject in this one. perris of political class, and these things with politics, particularly not higher up. >> host: why is that? >> guest: these things are very important to the political class. we have a democratic party that has been...
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we've got three important sectors of the economy is largely dominated politics. education, which is almost entirely a local monopolies, 91%, 92% go to public schools. health care, which even before the aca was 50% government spending, have socialized system before we got around to making it worse three-quarter socialist system. and then you've got pensions, which is dominated by social security of course. medicare is a piece of that mark bradley. you've got a system in which people are paying 12.5% of their income for their entire lives and campaign some renown of it that is not at all related to but they put into it. one of the diverse to baser with the idea social security with an investment. this country is full of people who believe there is a found somewhere to which social security taxes go and it's supposed to be there waiting for them. one of the great frauds ever perpetrated on the american people you try to explain that the social security trust fund is a figure of speech, an accounting fiction and you can tell them 100 times, thousand times and it's re
we've got three important sectors of the economy is largely dominated politics. education, which is almost entirely a local monopolies, 91%, 92% go to public schools. health care, which even before the aca was 50% government spending, have socialized system before we got around to making it worse three-quarter socialist system. and then you've got pensions, which is dominated by social security of course. medicare is a piece of that mark bradley. you've got a system in which people are paying...
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it was not like china in our time had gross from a very low base it was the world's greatest economy when that decade began and it still grew. at an astounding rate with huge increases in productivity accompanied by pioneering events in almost every industry steel, so in those periods at times setting up the country to get through to the point* where the states could abolish slavery to ensure the integrity of the country to deal with the economic pressure to focus the pressure not on the are rich or mythical categories roosevelt conjured for his own purposes of malefactors of great wealth anwr profiteers. there were none. that is nonsense and 1933 but of the rockefellers have the boards would pay for this they would burn their houses down but their real enemies name was a japanese imperialists and then the containment strategy was devised very imaginatively and it worked there were some mistakes but it worked and it worked completely and not to make light of those who died there but total war between the great powers. it was a combination of everything. it was tremendously successful
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owner, co-founder of slow money which works to finance north carolina sustainable food and farming economy. >> the book is "financing our foodshed: growing local food with slow money". the slow money was the brainchild of a man who had the idea that you could take the concept of money, a venture-capital, investments, loans, and instead of sending it off to wall street you could invested writing your local community. in particular in food. so the idea is if we slow food down you get more quality, thoughtfulness, and it is just better all-around. if you slow money down you get the same result. more thoughtful attention to where your money goes, is it doing good, harm. in particular what if you try to invest it right in your own local community? sustainable farming, businesses that support local food, the support soil fertility, what if we did that? what difference would that make it? we think it would make a huge difference. several years ago i got more interested in a local food movement ended up one of the big obstacles for small farmers was capital to buy a farm, but even just small amoun
owner, co-founder of slow money which works to finance north carolina sustainable food and farming economy. >> the book is "financing our foodshed: growing local food with slow money". the slow money was the brainchild of a man who had the idea that you could take the concept of money, a venture-capital, investments, loans, and instead of sending it off to wall street you could invested writing your local community. in particular in food. so the idea is if we slow food down you...
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the children the market has continued to grow and through the downturn economy it was really the green spot, the nice spot in bookselling and it is still moving. it is slow and reluctant and moving to digital and with a common core and stem moving into this there's a huge opportunity for trade booksellers to move into this. any thoughts on how we can continue to grow that part of the business? >> children's books now seemed to run a nation 25 to 26 months. for the reader of children's books, for us at least we look at what is a little different in that those are especially -- those behave more and more like a notebook on the electronics side. very young books, it is interesting. the ability of devices, the ability to do it quickly and efficiently in a way that would suggest you do it on every book is getting better and better. it is getting there. i may be a bit old-fashioned but there's something pretty magical about having that kid sit on your lap and read them the book, that is a different experience, and you know giving a kid access and access code to a book based apps for christma
the children the market has continued to grow and through the downturn economy it was really the green spot, the nice spot in bookselling and it is still moving. it is slow and reluctant and moving to digital and with a common core and stem moving into this there's a huge opportunity for trade booksellers to move into this. any thoughts on how we can continue to grow that part of the business? >> children's books now seemed to run a nation 25 to 26 months. for the reader of children's...
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i have a column on cooperatives and the al terntive economy. there's no better magazine in the country than "yes" magazine to tell you there's a burgeoning alternative economy expanding in the united states locally controlled, not just co-ops, but community banks instead of city banks, credit unions instead of bank of america, farmer to consumer markets are 8,000 and growing all over the country, renewable energy locally, and many other local efforts that speak the strategy of displacement of large multinational corporations by getting their customers to move into the community economics world, and just a couple more, and then we can have a good discussion. i have columns on very enlightened ceos, and my favorite is the late ray anderson of interface corporation who decided in 1994 for the company's biggest carpet tile manufacturer in the world out of atlanta, georgia. i heard a lecture on industrial ecology by paul hopkins, and he was a man changed calling himself a recovering plundering of the planet. [laughter] and he swore he was going to t
i have a column on cooperatives and the al terntive economy. there's no better magazine in the country than "yes" magazine to tell you there's a burgeoning alternative economy expanding in the united states locally controlled, not just co-ops, but community banks instead of city banks, credit unions instead of bank of america, farmer to consumer markets are 8,000 and growing all over the country, renewable energy locally, and many other local efforts that speak the strategy of...
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the united states senate, he visited nazi, germany and italy, and he saw that germany and italy, the economies were booming and the united states was still in the great depression. of course, withdrawn of the reasons they were doing that is because they were rearming, they were about to go to war, and he became very, very impressed with hitler and mussilini which led to the down fall because among the southern states and southern democrats there was little isolationist sentiments. that sentiments in the country was among midwestern republicans, but among southern democrats, they were anglophiles. there was strong support for england, and event ily, the democratic party forced him to retire because they put up a lot of his shenanigans, but could not put up with the pro-nazi sentiments. people can say what they want in sam. sam was a world war i hero. he was very bright guy. he was conservative in a lot of ways issue and he was one of the staunch defenders of segregation, which he sort of had to be if you were a southern senator of the period. he was a leading strategist. that's not how he's rem
the united states senate, he visited nazi, germany and italy, and he saw that germany and italy, the economies were booming and the united states was still in the great depression. of course, withdrawn of the reasons they were doing that is because they were rearming, they were about to go to war, and he became very, very impressed with hitler and mussilini which led to the down fall because among the southern states and southern democrats there was little isolationist sentiments. that...
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the other major part of this is the budget, the lack of money, the economy. this current administration the city of chicago has reduced the police department by 15 to 1700 officers in the way they were able -- they reduce the budget by a thousand and they were just 700 short on top of that. the way they were able to keep officers in neighborhoods list or read the other units, said task force special operations that 30 or 40 men and women set to your neighbors at a minute notice. they don't exist anymore. if applied changes on a graphic compare them to spikes in shootings and there's a perfect correlation between changes in manpower and shootings in the city of chicago. they finally have recognized their error and this is interesting, have applied to the federal government under the veterans program for this money for jobs for veterans returning to server placing her rehiring police officers in the city of chicago with federal money. it's a terrible situation. >> i think were just about out of time, said that to thank everybody for coming in through the book h
the other major part of this is the budget, the lack of money, the economy. this current administration the city of chicago has reduced the police department by 15 to 1700 officers in the way they were able -- they reduce the budget by a thousand and they were just 700 short on top of that. the way they were able to keep officers in neighborhoods list or read the other units, said task force special operations that 30 or 40 men and women set to your neighbors at a minute notice. they don't...
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vision is very massive hotel, and would have no luxury accommodation versus sort of just what we see as economy today. there were cost overruns and was never completed, however, the german red cross was set up there to help the survivors initially. they were essentially processed and sent on their way. helga's story takes another turn in the remarkable in that she finally gets on the train to start heading towards the west. the idea was that these refugees wanted to end up in allied hands. they were hoping to make to the british or the american lines. she was on a train during the dresden firebombing, but she does eventually make it to california where she finally arrived in about 1948. and here is an actual official boarding pass for the gustloff. most people aboard the gustloff of course didn't have any official documentation. those were handed out in a very first days of the boarding when it was still somewhat orderly, and that would've been around again the 27th and 28th of january, 1945. after that the situation just comes out of control and people are just pushing their way onto the ship.
vision is very massive hotel, and would have no luxury accommodation versus sort of just what we see as economy today. there were cost overruns and was never completed, however, the german red cross was set up there to help the survivors initially. they were essentially processed and sent on their way. helga's story takes another turn in the remarkable in that she finally gets on the train to start heading towards the west. the idea was that these refugees wanted to end up in allied hands. they...
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we worry about our economy going down. this is a nation of deep anxiety end in that sense than nuclear terror almost becomes kind of a condenser for society's broader anxiety. and it enables -- it enables terrorists with communication skills to become a virtual nuclear powers. i mean, i was fascinated by the fact that in addition to your list of quotes at the beginning there about our predictions, we had in 2008, and a public speech by the director of the central intelligence agency say that the agency's number one nuclear concern in the world. north korea, nuclear weapons. a bunch of people have nuclear weapons. how did it they ascend to number one in this? and this is really a reflection, in many cases of our own. they became too skillful communication -- there were treated as if there were a virtual nuclear power. and in the analytical community, in the analytical community the burden of proof shifted from not looking for the evidence that they were or could be, but to try to come up with the evidence that they could no
we worry about our economy going down. this is a nation of deep anxiety end in that sense than nuclear terror almost becomes kind of a condenser for society's broader anxiety. and it enables -- it enables terrorists with communication skills to become a virtual nuclear powers. i mean, i was fascinated by the fact that in addition to your list of quotes at the beginning there about our predictions, we had in 2008, and a public speech by the director of the central intelligence agency say that...
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in fact the people want to see the money being spent to have a decent chance to have a green economy. for that, we need money. we can get involved in a the way that we did in afghanistan and iraq. so the drones give us the ability to get involved without doubt level of cost if you look at how it was done come it is extremely disturbing. that is the administration who went into the conflict in libya without letting congress discuss it. that is because the administration said there is no american lives at risk and this is not a war. so congress doesn't really have a say about this. so it set a precedent for the next administration to get us involved in conflicts without going to congress. i think that it is dangerously seductive with former officials of the obama administration. it seems so effortless but lives at risk. he's just getting involved in somalia and bases now being peppered around the middle east and in africa as well as well as the pacific rim. why are john bases being set up because they must be planned in the future as well. there is something to conserve the proliferatio
in fact the people want to see the money being spent to have a decent chance to have a green economy. for that, we need money. we can get involved in a the way that we did in afghanistan and iraq. so the drones give us the ability to get involved without doubt level of cost if you look at how it was done come it is extremely disturbing. that is the administration who went into the conflict in libya without letting congress discuss it. that is because the administration said there is no american...
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[inaudible] >> the partisans were economies. their rivals were the bk, they were anti-communist and anti-monarchist. so they were really basically fighting to see who would control albania after the war. >> did any of the team expressed regret that despite the growing experience they didn't get to work on their mission at all? did any get to participate in rescuing soldiers -- >> in the medical air evacuation? they had open doing it, they arrived in october that only had a month of their actual it by bk with interest. some of them ended up training, like some of the nurses and the training, so they trained the new flight nurses coming in. i think they felt like they were actually doing that in a different kind of way. but i know that some of them would've liked to have been there and avoided the whole albania situation. >> what prompted you to write this book? >> i was working on an article, another world war ii article for smithsonian magazine and i came across a historic newspaper article about the cannot. and i found it so in
[inaudible] >> the partisans were economies. their rivals were the bk, they were anti-communist and anti-monarchist. so they were really basically fighting to see who would control albania after the war. >> did any of the team expressed regret that despite the growing experience they didn't get to work on their mission at all? did any get to participate in rescuing soldiers -- >> in the medical air evacuation? they had open doing it, they arrived in october that only had a...
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we have three important sector of the economy that are largely dominated by politics. there's a education, which is almost entirely the local monopoly 91% of students go to public schools, you have health care, which even before the aca was 50% government spending. it was a half socialized system before we got around to making it a worst three quarter socialized system. then you have pensions. which is dominated by social security, of course, medicare is sort of a piece of that. if you look at retirement overall. and you have a system in which people are paying 12.5% of the income for the entire lives and getting something out of it that is not all related to what they put in to it. one of the worst debate we lost is the idea of social security is an investment. this country is full of people who believe there is a fund somewhere in to which their social security taxes go. and it's supposed to be the there waiting for them. and one of the great frauds ever perpetrated on the american people -- you try to explain to them that the social security trust fund is just sort
we have three important sector of the economy that are largely dominated by politics. there's a education, which is almost entirely the local monopoly 91% of students go to public schools, you have health care, which even before the aca was 50% government spending. it was a half socialized system before we got around to making it a worst three quarter socialized system. then you have pensions. which is dominated by social security, of course, medicare is sort of a piece of that. if you look at...
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it is the ability to take what is being practiced in the rest of the economy and translate it into things that are important in policy in washington. and in this century, that's going to be an even more important part of assuring we have good governance in this country, because the volumes of information we're dealing with are horrendous, and people who have a practiced approach at being able to take those volumes of information and translate them into something meaningful in policy will be more important, not less important in the future. so that's the reason why what beth has done here is so important. it helps people understand in an academic sense what it is we do as opposed to the caricature of lobbyists that often dominates the possible discussion, and we have to preserve the in this town the ability of the people who are the policy advocates to be able to present rational points of view, own though they come from different sigh. the agenda of the aclu would not be things i would necessarily agree with on the political front. but it is that clash, then, of ideas that allows to us re
it is the ability to take what is being practiced in the rest of the economy and translate it into things that are important in policy in washington. and in this century, that's going to be an even more important part of assuring we have good governance in this country, because the volumes of information we're dealing with are horrendous, and people who have a practiced approach at being able to take those volumes of information and translate them into something meaningful in policy will be...
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very important for the cash flow, the real economy of north korea, and it is important to point out that north korea's nuclear weapons station program was kim jong-il stream. believe me. the north koreans see it that way. it is part of the dynastic process in north korea that this dream by the great leader has now been carried on through the cheerleader and by the young kid if that makes sense to you. so, i actually where wrote a chapter as i talked about in my book where i lay out what the capabilities are the bridges right up today of february of this year, and then i talked about what they could do with the capabilities. then i talk about the kinds of countermeasures a weekend taken talk about recent initiatives of the are okay u.s. alliance. hopefully you will enjoy reading the chapter. there is more that kim jong-il did to set this up for survival. this was probably the most enjoyable chapter for me to write. i really enjoyed writing this chapter. that is, they have proliferation to state and not state actors. please allow me to point out that many of the state actors that of career
very important for the cash flow, the real economy of north korea, and it is important to point out that north korea's nuclear weapons station program was kim jong-il stream. believe me. the north koreans see it that way. it is part of the dynastic process in north korea that this dream by the great leader has now been carried on through the cheerleader and by the young kid if that makes sense to you. so, i actually where wrote a chapter as i talked about in my book where i lay out what the...
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this has to be an asset, women's rights and the economy and the world at play and the future of afghanistan is crucial and non negotiable. [applause] >> you can see for all of us, for me personally and for everyone in this glorious place this has been a very special special time, to hear your thoughts about how you create these wonderful works of fiction and this i think is the best of all. for those who have not had the chance to echo these extraordinary, compelling, morality play over generations, set in this place and in california and universal to all of us. >> guest: i have learned so much from you and i am a great admirer of yours, you are terrific at what you do. if they told me you were doing this interview i was really floored. >> thank you. [applause] >> we like to hear from you. tweet as your feedback, twitter.com/booktv. >> are you interested in being a part of booktv's online book club? cheryl sandberg's book lean in, women work and the will to lead. miss sandberg who is the c o 0 of facebook discusses why is difficult for women to achieve leadership roles in the united states
this has to be an asset, women's rights and the economy and the world at play and the future of afghanistan is crucial and non negotiable. [applause] >> you can see for all of us, for me personally and for everyone in this glorious place this has been a very special special time, to hear your thoughts about how you create these wonderful works of fiction and this i think is the best of all. for those who have not had the chance to echo these extraordinary, compelling, morality play over...
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russia used to have a much larger and the soviet union before the economies collapse had a larger intelligence system but then they fell on hard times after the collapse of communism. they are on their way back but they are still a shadow of their former self. does that answer the question? >> i don't mean to be disrespectful by asking this but nevertheless what does your book do different from the multivolume of dr. johnson in his years in executive summary of his? i don't mean to sound disrespectful. it's been a common note disrespect taken. actually, i am almost tempted to drag, pierre and let him give his side of the story but what i tried to do -- tom's multivolume history is wonderful except that there is still huge chunks of it they remain classified. a i tried to fill in some of the blanks and in some cases with some success, and others not. i tried to add material that was not contained in tom's multivolume history because with all due respect to my friend back there, there were many other things written on specific operations and specific aspects of the agency and i tried to bring th
russia used to have a much larger and the soviet union before the economies collapse had a larger intelligence system but then they fell on hard times after the collapse of communism. they are on their way back but they are still a shadow of their former self. does that answer the question? >> i don't mean to be disrespectful by asking this but nevertheless what does your book do different from the multivolume of dr. johnson in his years in executive summary of his? i don't mean to sound...
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through mandatory minimum's ran contrary to common law and that celebrated tradition and traditional economy. in the place of judicial discretion james davis the subcommittee chairman from georgia proposed in 1953 that mandatory minimum sentences be attached to a series of offenses that would require a presiding judge to give a predetermined sentence no matter what the judge happened to think. davis drew heavily on his views of the district to justify the move. we have reached the point where it's risky for women and girls to be on the streets after dusk congressman davis concluded at a time when d.c.'s crime rate was one of the lowest of any major city in the country. despite the crime panic some congressman voiced reservations and urged caution. pennsylvania democrat herman eberhard or the most outspoken critic of the bill pointed out congress is proposing something to the residence of the district of columbia that is not required in any state of the union adding we are attempting in fact to use the district of columbia as a guinea pig on which to tryout a radical departure of rentals but
through mandatory minimum's ran contrary to common law and that celebrated tradition and traditional economy. in the place of judicial discretion james davis the subcommittee chairman from georgia proposed in 1953 that mandatory minimum sentences be attached to a series of offenses that would require a presiding judge to give a predetermined sentence no matter what the judge happened to think. davis drew heavily on his views of the district to justify the move. we have reached the point where...
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the signal that is being sent out from this country is that basically we are modeling the american economy on europe and it is a failed model. doesn't work. there is no way you can have the deficits we have had and have the debt we are incurring without sending out a signal to the world that this country is not going to be what it was in the past. there is no way you can do that. if you are not going to act responsibly people take that message and they see it and then you turn around and when i went to washington eisenhower was president. i came out of the navy and served during kennedy, johnson and congress, we were spending 10% of gross domestic product on defense. today we are spending less than 4%. our allies in europe are spending less than 2%. the signal that goes out before the sequestration is we cut $493 out of the pentagon defense budget and we are about to cut another half a trillion which brings it close to $950 billion out of the ten year budget. the signal to the world is the united states is not going to be in position to contribute to a more peaceful and stable world in the
the signal that is being sent out from this country is that basically we are modeling the american economy on europe and it is a failed model. doesn't work. there is no way you can have the deficits we have had and have the debt we are incurring without sending out a signal to the world that this country is not going to be what it was in the past. there is no way you can do that. if you are not going to act responsibly people take that message and they see it and then you turn around and when i...
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case, a huge piece of legislation with fundamental consequences for the larger sector of the american economy passed to the house and senate without ever being carefully dissected or debated. the senate banking committee never held a proper account for section by section review of the bill. house financial-services did review legislation. markups were surprisingly cursory. debates in both houses consisted grossly a political posturing. in the end most members have only the sketchiest notion of how the bill might affect the financial sector or wasn't. as usual, all but a handful voted along party lines. in this case democrats and republicans. another characteristic of this culture, which i think maybe most importance, week members empower staff. staff run capitol hill. ted kennedy revealed this in his memoir. the state secret. i quote him. 95 percent of the real nitty gritty work on legislation is done by the staff. in my story apart from dot and frank personally the people he did the most work or had the most employable legislation were women that almost no one in washington has even heard of
case, a huge piece of legislation with fundamental consequences for the larger sector of the american economy passed to the house and senate without ever being carefully dissected or debated. the senate banking committee never held a proper account for section by section review of the bill. house financial-services did review legislation. markups were surprisingly cursory. debates in both houses consisted grossly a political posturing. in the end most members have only the sketchiest notion of...